LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - British Airways and China Southern Airways 600029.SS, 1055.HK have expan
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – British Airways and China Southern Airways 600029.SS, 1055.HK have expanded their code-sharing take care of a view to boosting tourism between the 2 international locations.
The 2 carriers mentioned on Tuesday their new joint enterprise settlement would allow them to cooperate extra on scheduling and pricing, open up extra locations between the 2 international locations and develop a mixed route community from Beijing’s new airport.
The pair, which have had a code-sharing deal since 2017, will now code-share on all direct flights operated between London and the Chinese language cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Sanya, Wuhan and Zhengzhou.
Code-sharing permits two or extra carriers to publish and promote tickets on the identical airplane beneath totally different flight numbers, serving to to scale back the variety of empty seats on flights.
Alex Cruz, chairman and CEO of British Airways, a part of the IAG ICAG.L group of airways, mentioned the deal would profit clients.
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